Translation examples
What began as something clownish and flippant often turned into something horrible and uncanny.
Was als Clownerie und Jux begann, verkehrte sich oft in etwas Unheimliches, Gespenstisches.
There was no trace left of the silly tricks and clownishness of his boyhood, which had earned him his nickname: Mono, the Monkey.
Keine Spur mehr war zu erkennen von dem Affengetue und den Clownerien, mit denen er sich in seiner Jugend hervorgetan und seinen Spitznamen erworben hatte.
Although she continued to answer him with grumbles and sarcasm, she could not help but laugh trying to hide it when he did something clownish like climb up on the roof and threaten to jump headfirst if she didn’t make him some pastries.
Zwar quittierte sie seine Clownerien weiter mit schroffen und spöttischen Kommentaren, mußte sich aber doch das Lachen verkneifen.
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